Roles of the sea in medieval England
By: edited by Richard Gorski
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Woodbridge, U.K; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781843837015
Subjects: Congresses; Naval History; Seafaring life; Coasts; Ships; History
Notes: "Most of the essays in this volume were first presented at a conference held at Rye [West Sussex] in October 2008"--P. 1.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Roles of the sea: views from the shore / Richard Gorski; title: 2. Changes in ship design and construction: England in the European mould / Richard W. Unger; title: 3. The value of the Cinque Ports to the Crown 1200-1500 / Susan Rose; title: 4. The contribution of the Cinque Ports to the Wars of Edward II and Edward III: new methodologies and estimates / Craig Lambert; title: 5. Keeping the seas: England's Admirals, 1369-1389 / David Simpkin; title: 6. The cost-benefit analysis of a fourteenth-century naval campaign: Margate/Cadzand, 1387 / Tony K. Moore; title: 7. Piracy and Anglo-Hanseatic relations, 1385-1420 / Marcus Pitcaithly; title: 8. 'Herring of Sligo and Salmon of Bann': Bristol's maritime trade with Ireland in the fifteenth century / Tim Bowly; title: 9. How much did the sea matter in medieval England (c.1200-c.1500)? / Ian Friel.